Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2020-06-23

Re: Re* [PATCH 8/9] fast-export: respect the possibly-overridden default branch name

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2020-06-23 21:32:50

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
You could also use `next` instead of `master`, which would make intuitive
sense because the commits that make it into that branch are slated to be
part of the next major Git version.

And a relatively obvious name for the current `next` might be `cooking`.

I refrained from proposing this earlier, thinking that this would be too
disruptive, but since `pu` was renamed to `seen`...
Renaming 'pu' away from two-letter has a positive technical and
social effect.  Using 'next' for anything but what it currently
means does not have any such upside and only the downside of
confusing people.

As to 'cooking', I am not sure.  Personally I consider that the
topics that are in 'next' plus those that are soon to be in 'next'
are all 'cooking'.  But I do not think anybody's dying to rename
'next', so...

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